{"id":37776,"date":"2020-07-31T03:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T00:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tom-thibodeaus-knicks-rebuild-starts-now-a-dream-come-true\/"},"modified":"2020-07-31T03:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T00:23:00","slug":"tom-thibodeaus-knicks-rebuild-starts-now-a-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-thibodeaus-knicks-rebuild-starts-now-a-dream-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tom Thibodeau\u2019s Knicks rebuild starts now: \u2018A dream come true\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Tom Thibodeau\u2019s Knicks rebuild starts now: \u2018A dream come true\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n New Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau grew up in New Britain, Conn., and still owns his old house \u2014 85 miles from the Knicks\u2019 practice site in Tarrytown. <\/p>\n

During his introductory Zoom press conference Thursday, Thibodeau referred to his new position as his \u201cdream job.\u2019\u2019 He said it four times. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a dream come true for me,\u2019\u2019 Thibodeau said. \u201cThis is my dream job. \u2026 Maybe part of that, I grew up in Connecticut. My father, my family, we grew up as Knicks fans. I\u2019ve been there before, I have a great understanding of New York. I think we have the best city in the world, best arena and the best fans. I was there throughout the \u201990s and that was an incredible experience.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

For the first time in nearly eight months, the Knicks officially have a permanent head coach. They announced it on the first day of the NBA\u2019s 22-team restart, as the Knicks try to restart their dead franchise that has missed the playoffs seven straight years.<\/p>\n

Larry Brown once called the Knicks his \u201cdream job\u2019\u2019 and left after one 17-65 disaster. Thibodeau is a former assistant coach from the 1990s glory days who went on to become a marquee coach with the Bulls and even broke Minnesota\u2019s 13-year playoff drought in 2018. <\/p>\n

But now Thibodeau may face a bigger task with James Dolan\u2019s moribund Knicks. Asked how he can turn around a perennial mess, Thibodeau didn\u2019t shy away from mentioning a championship, which the team hasn\u2019t won in 47 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t make major jumps without going through each step,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I think the first step is to establish the work ethic and how we want to play. There\u2019s a lot of work to do. One of the most important things when you\u2019re studying a team is just to look at efficiency, and when you see your [net rating] is a minus-6.54, you realize there\u2019s a lot of work. And hopefully we can get the players to play for each other and start building those habits.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course the ultimate goal is to bring a championship back to the city, where it\u2019s synonymous with winning and championships, and that\u2019s in New York.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Knicks president Leon Rose will be on the hook if Thibodeau\u2019s old-school ways don\u2019t work. Rose, his former agent at Creative Artists Agency, said there was \u201ca comfort level\u2019\u2019 in hiring Thibodeau because of their long-term relationship. <\/p>\n

Rose called the 62-year-old Thibodeau \u201cthe perfect candidate for this job from the standpoint of he\u2019s going to demand accountability, he\u2019s going to have development and he\u2019s going to create a winning culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hired not only a great basketball coach but an elite coach,\u201d Rose said. \u201cHis principles and goals embody everything Knicks basketball represents.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, Thibodeau agreed to terms on a five-year deal. Some league insiders estimate the deal could be worth at least $25 million \u2014 even with a pandemic discount that likely will cause his Knicks debut to be played without fans in attendance.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau thanked Dolan in his prepared remarks and listed 15 coaches from whom he had taken tidbits \u2014 from Jeff Van Gundy to Bill Musselman. And Thibodeau called the former Knicks coaches he worked with \u201cthe best staff ever assembled. Guys like Brendan Malone, Don Chaney, Jeff Nix, Steve Clifford, Andy Greer, Mike Malone \u2014 many head coaches that are in the league today.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Thibodeau got the Timberwolves to the playoffs but charges he didn\u2019t connect with Minnesota\u2019s young players led to his firing in January 2019.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau declined to go into detail regarding Minnesota. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was more of a total rebuild, a team that had not won a lot for a long time,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cSo I think you take from each experience, but each experience is different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sources indicated Thibodeau was intrigued with the potential opening in Houston but said he was attracted to the Knicks because of cap flexibility and their wealth of draft picks (seven first-rounders in the next four drafts). <\/p>\n

\u201cThe three main reasons why this job was so app<\/a>ealing to me was the current roster that we have now is young and talented and there\u2019s room for growth,\u2019\u2019 Thibodeau said. \u201cThat\u2019s exciting to me. Secondly, is to work for Leon and Wes [William Wesley], two people I\u2019ve known for an extremely long time. And thirdly is all the draft picks that have been acquired and also the cap space. We have many different ways to improve the team.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Thibodeau tried to dispel his reputation as a basketball-obsessed, humorless drill sergeant who has no other life. He joked at this longtime Knicks writer, saying, \u201cI can\u2019t believe you\u2019re still around\u2019\u2019 and denied all he did during unemployment was visit other teams\u2019 practices \u2014 which he did plenty of. <\/p>\n

\u201cI went on vacation a couple times,\u2019\u2019 Thibodeau said. \u201cI know people don\u2019t think I do that. But I got away and laid on a beach in Miami for a couple of weeks.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The Knicks interviewed 11 candidates over seven weeks, but Thibodeau was reported as the frontrunner the entire time. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe did our due diligence in this search,\u201d Rose said. \u201cWe were open-minded and heard from many diverse candidates with various philosophies. The thoroughness of the search is what we felt the fans deserved. We wanted to get it right.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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